Earthquakes cause serious damage to buildings and result in heavy losses to society,
therefore, it is necessary to enhance the seismic capacity of existing buildings via structural …

The theory of nonlinear vibration isolation has witnessed significant developments due to
pressing demands for the protection of structural installations, nuclear reactors, mechanical …

Seismic isolation can be used as a practical method to mitigate earthquake hazards for
designing new highway bridges or retrofitting existing ones. To realize a reliable and …

The central focus of this dissertation is a seismic vulnerability assessment of retrofitted
bridges. The objective of this work is to establish a methodology for the development of …

A new composite isolator named shape memory alloy cable-double friction pendulum
bearing (SCDFPB), which combines a double friction pendulum bearing (DFPB) with …

Soil conditions have a great deal to do with damage to structures during earthquakes. This
paper attempts to assess the influence of dynamic soil–structure interaction (SSI) on the …

Friction Pendulum Systems (FPS) are seismic isolation bearings that have been used as a
means of bridge retrofit in numerous cases around the world. To assess their impact on …

The dynamic responses of spatial lattice shell structures with friction pendulum bearings
(FPBs) under multidimensional seismic excitations are complex. In addition, FPBs may …

In the present study, the effect of radius of curvature on the seismic response of isolated
curved bridges has been determined. Three different types of isolation bearings, such as …

A seismic isolation system with traditional sliding bearings, such as friction pendulum
isolators (FPIs), is typically a low-frequency system with constant isolation stiffness. Although …